Mine detail: Red Ball Mine

Previously called 'Low ProspectNBMG Sample Site 2259'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.14988, -118.55432

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Magnetite
Gangue:	Jasper, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Happy Creek Volcanic Series;King Lear Formation
Host type:	Metavolcanic Rock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Deer Creek Thrust Fault, Wnw-Trending High Angle Faults
Alteration processes:	Epidote + Hematite Selvages On Fractures In Diorite

References

MRDS	M232718
DEP	10045060
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 59.}{Deposit:: SHAWE, F. R., REEVES, R. G., KRAL, V. E., 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, R. C.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 53.}{Deposit:: NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 1984}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)